Over the past month I have been having a nightmare time with my almost 9mth old and his sleep (day and night).
After much tiral and error I am now thinking that maybe it is his solids that are part of the problem.
He LOVES his food, will eat anything and everything, has taken to lumps and fingerfoods well. Is on 3 decent meals a day (probaly around 3/4-1cup each meal-and would take more if I offered it) and has 3 or 4 bottles a day depending on how the sleep goes.
But I have a few questions,
1. How do you really know that they have tummy ache?? He is happy when he is up, but wakes after 25min when he goes to sleep, so am thinking maybe tummy pains are stopping him from going into that deeper sleep.
2. Could lumpier food cause tummy aches?? I have gone back to basics where food is concerned but keeping the texture up. But am thinking that since I have limited any new foods over the last few weeks that it could be the lumpiness causing the problems. Thinking that although he can cope with the lumps in his mouth that his tum can't.
3. Are some food ocmbinations no goers? Is it possible while certain foods on their own are ok, mixed together they're not?
Pretty random I know, and i am really clutching at straws but this sleep thing is becoming a nightmare and I have exhausted the teething, routine, developmental and separation anxiety routes. Kind of left food till last as he has always been so good with it but am thinking that it is potentially a problem.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.